Dallas 2.0:Sessions:20160604
It's 5:00am Sunday morning. Ricardo Hernandez is wakened by the sound of his phone. A frantic woman begins speaking in rapid-fire Spanish. "Theo, my husband, he's been arrested! They say he was in a big fight at some hotel! He is hurt, he's at the hospital, Baylor Hospital!" Ricardo is the recently-promoted foreman of a construction crew, and Theo Perez is one of his best workers. Unlike some of his other employees, Theo is a devoted family man and not a partier. He speaks calmingly to Señora Perez and assures her that he will do what he can to help Theo.
A little past 5:00am, before Nathan has quite fallen asleep, his phone rings. Clyde asks, "Are you a clairvoyant or something?" At speeds upward of 85mph, Clyde's driving on LBJ Freeway chasing a Ford sedan. "Two idiots just robbed my house! They covered up their license plates. I'm gaining on them... but I think I'll need your help! When I catch these idiots, I'm gonna kill them!"
"Hang on," says Nathan, and clicks over to another line, dials 911, and reports a drag race in progress on LBJ in Mesquite. Returning to Clyde, Nathan says, "If you can't catch those guys in two or three minutes, the cops will show up. Once the police stop them, tell them those guys robbed you."
Clyde gets right behind his quarry, then guns his Chevy and gives one corner of Ford's bumper a hard tap. As he expects, the Ford spins out and strikes the barricades in the median; its airbags deploy. As sirens sound in the distance, Clyde pulls over to the shoulder and parks. He sees the guy in the passenger seat jump out and yank the cloth coverings off of the Ford's license plates.
Both Dallas and Mesquite squad cars arrive on the scene. A Dallas cop walks up to Clyde's car and orders him to get out. Clyde hangs up his cellphone (cutting off Nathan's connection) and lays it on the console, then gets out. Clyde is handcuffed and placed in the back seat of the squad car. "Why'd you arrest me? They robbed me!"
Nathan phones Detective Mike Dallas. "Clyde got robbed and then chased after the robbers. When he comes in, can I prepay his bail? It's not that he doesn't have money. I just want someone to believe his story." He admits, "Yes, Clyde called me instead of the police." Dallas: "Is this related to the attacks at the hotel? Two of the attackers have died."
At Baylor Hospital's front desk, Ricardo describes Theo and is directed toward the Emergency Room. Someone there suggests he talk to Detective Dallas, who is talking on his cellphone. Ricardo waits politely until Dallas acknowledges him, then asks him about Theo Perez. Dallas says, "He attacked people with a knife at a horror convention. Right now he's in a bit of pain." Ricardo: "But we got work to do! He's my best counter man!"